I was very fond of this period in time, and has the great fortune of living in NYC during the 1980's. I missed Studio 54, but did alot of clubbing at the Palladium, Area, the Tunnel, MK's, the Red Zone, Jackie 60, and some other spots. None were as wild and full throttled as Studio, but were amazing in their own way. It was a great era for clubbing, and until about 1988, NYC was enjoying a heyday, that started around the time Studio closed. It was a magic decade.
This movie captured some of the magic of that era, which was really just kicking off, and lasted till the middle of the 1990's, in my opinion. At that point, Guiliani changed the city forever. He made it into a kind of Disneyland, with clean streets, and corporate giants occupying once seedy neighborhoods. The magic was lost. It is a completely different city now. One of millionaires, and glitz. It is still perhaps the greatest city on the planet, but without the character and seediness that made it so funky, cool, hip, vibrant, and alluring back then.
I would have enjoyed more footage, and more time spent on the actual heyday of the club, and perhaps less of a sermon about the moral decay, and mistakes Rubell and Schrager made. In that respect, the movie reflected the very fake puritanism of today's America. But, it was a very good story. And a wonderful slice of New York history and culture. This film was very well made, and had alot of great archival footage.
This movie captured some of the magic of that era, which was really just kicking off, and lasted till the middle of the 1990's, in my opinion. At that point, Guiliani changed the city forever. He made it into a kind of Disneyland, with clean streets, and corporate giants occupying once seedy neighborhoods. The magic was lost. It is a completely different city now. One of millionaires, and glitz. It is still perhaps the greatest city on the planet, but without the character and seediness that made it so funky, cool, hip, vibrant, and alluring back then.
I would have enjoyed more footage, and more time spent on the actual heyday of the club, and perhaps less of a sermon about the moral decay, and mistakes Rubell and Schrager made. In that respect, the movie reflected the very fake puritanism of today's America. But, it was a very good story. And a wonderful slice of New York history and culture. This film was very well made, and had alot of great archival footage.